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04-10-11, 00:01
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Ben, I would be interested in a set, If you study one of those elbows after grit blasting, they are actually a casting with a flange welded on.
kev.
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2pdr Tank Hunter Universal Carrier 1942 registered 11/11/2008. 3" Mortar Universal Carrier 1943 registered 06/06/2009. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, Caunter camo. 1941 Standard Mk1 stowage Carrier, light stone. 10 cwt wartime mortar trailer. 1943 Mk2 Daimler Dingo. 1943 Willys MB. 1936 Vickers MG carrier No1 Mk1 CMM 985. 
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05-10-11, 22:08
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Kevin
You might find the weld is just the result of a welded pattern construction, used to cast from. I have a few in bad shape. none show any evidence of having been fabricated in any way.
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06-10-11, 00:09
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The best one I have looks to be one piece but I still cant work out how they post machine the top surface unless it was naturally a better finish. It's a pain there is a left and right hand and not one common fitting, it would make our life as restorers easier.........
Ben
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06-10-11, 01:33
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Ben
Does this help? The casting has a join mark around the centre of the flange.
It appears to have been jig mounted, and rotated against a grind stone on the mating face. There is a very distict casting line around the two bolt holes, adjacent to the elbow outlet. There are casting lines running up the inlet at forw'd and aft. I can look at another, and those casting lines running up the inlet are at 90 degrees to the previously mentioned one. It appears that several different methods were used ( one of which may have been fabricated)(Kevins one) By the way, I would like 2 left side ones, not a pair please.
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